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- 231: Martin Luther King Jr. Vs Malc
- ... rightful place in society. Both X and King spread their message through powerful, hard-hitting speeches. Nevertheless, their intentions were delivered in different styles and purposes. “King was basically a peaceful leader who urged non-violence to his followers. He travelled about the country giving speeches that inspired black and white listeners to work together for racial harmony.” (pg. 135, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Movement) Malcolm X, for the most part, believed that non-violence and integration was a trick by the whites to keep blacks in their places. He was furious at white racism and encouraged his followers through his speeches to rise up and protest against their white ... this change is reflected in his more moderate speeches. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King’s childhoods had powerful influences on the men and their speeches. Malcolm X was brought up in an atmosphere of violence. During his childhood, Malcolm X suffered not only from abuse by whites, but also from domestic violence. His father beat his mother and both of them abused their children. His mother was forced to ...
- 232: Music Censorship
- ... minds and express how they feel, and others cannot stop them. Rap, as all music, has its positives and negatives, but it is not as awful as people seem to think. The problem of urban violence is much bigger than rap, and rap should not be named as its main cause (Leland 64). The real problems are outside the music, not within it. Hard-core rappers are only telling what life is really like in the ghettos and hoods. Rappers would not have the gangs and gang violence to sing about, if police started abolishing gangs and gang warfare (Leland 64). Rappers speak the truth about where they are from and if people do not like it, they blame it on the rappers ... grocers (Lewis n. pag.). Some people are "waking up" and finally taking a stance against it. The KACE- FM radio station out of Los Angeles has banned all songs degrading women or promoting drugs or violence (Leland 64).The Reverend Calvin Butts, a high profile minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, has mounted a crusade against "offending" (rap) music (Leland 64). Last summer he held a rally where ...
- 233: Leda And The Swan
- ... In further developing the underlying repercussion theme, the basis of the poem must be analyzed. In Greek Mythology, Zeus disguises himself as a swan in order to lure the pure and sexually ripe Leda into violence. Critical Survey of Poetry, edited by Frank N. Magill, says, "In the tale from antiquity, a Spartan Queen, Leda, was so beautiful that Zeus, ruler of the Gods, decided that he must have her. Since ... and violent creature, a contrast that reveals Zeus’ inner malicious desire. Zeus’ action is clearly premeditated and deliberate, provoking an even more revolting impression. Furthermore, as William Johnsen says in Yeats and Postmodernism, "Zeus’s violence proves his divinity and Leda’s mortality; his freedom, her bondage" (85). Zeus is an almighty God and Leda is an unsuspecting human, an easy target for Zeus’ heinous ploy. The contradictions inherent in the ... the swan, he had his way with her" (346). Leda is innocent and unassuming. Her attacker disguises himself and deceptively targets her. In World Literature Criticism, John Lucas says, "Yeats is writing here about the violence of entering history, and about how all, even the most innocent, are caught up in it" (4110). Leda is of the utmost innocence, and by not escaping her attacker she creates a major turning ...
- 234: Gandhi
- ... to achieving this was the civil disobedience of the Salt Laws. The laws “made it punishable to possess salt not purchased from the government salt monopoly” ( Pg. 23). Gandhi felt that “nothing but organized non-violence (could) check the organized violence of the British government...the non-violence would be expressed through civil- disobedience... and convert the British people making them see the wrong they have done to India”(Pg. 33). Gandhi proceeded to march “241 miles in 24 days” ( Pg. 35) ...
- 235: Civil Affair
- ... peace was needed. Peace was finally reached and the civil war in El Salvador finally ended. Throughout the duration of the civil war the elite justified their actions several ways. From the 1930's on violence and terror were considered a viable tool that the elite could utilize for their cause. In 1932 the military crushed a revolt by poor Salvadorans and since that time violence has been a tool of the elite. By using violence in 1932 and continuing to use it, the practice of violence against the poor became a part of elitist society (Rosenburg 12). The elite began to use violence in any situation, and they taught ...
- 236: Real Meaning Of LIfe
- ... Technically then, I'm an agnostic- but I've felt like an atheist sometimes out of cynicism. There was a time when I blamed religion, particularly religious fundamentalism, for a lot of the intolerance and violence in the world (like in the Middle East). And, of course, I saw that a lot of the "most" religious people are nothing but self-righteous, sanctimonious hypocrites. And I used to naively think that ... negatives (just like a knife shouldn't be blamed, if it's used to commit a murder). Overall, I now actually think religion inspires people to act better, particularly in charity work. Religion does inspire violence, but so does everything else it seems (even soccer matches for British fans!) :-) Besides, morality becomes relative and arbitrary without the belief in (and fear of?) an absolute Good/Evil dictated to us by an ... guy who's had a fairly easy and sheltered life. I've grown up a member of the elite, upper-middle suburban class in the US. I've never known real hunger or suffering or violence or crime. Intellectually, I'm aware that most of human history is about suffering whether it be WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War; or the 1918 influenza epidemic in just this century ...
- 237: ... with bloody execution, ... Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops, And fixed his head upon our battlements (act I, scene, ii, lines 17- 23). In his speech, the Captain describes Macbeth's violence to indicate what a good warrior he is thus showing that he has respect for Macbeth. Once Macbeth became king, he became overpowered with keeping his authority. Macbeth realized that he was being used just ...
- 238: Power And Control In Maggie
- ... opportunity to control their world. In a typical society these urges would be satisfied by successful careers and families but in the torn and impoverished world of Maggie people gain power and control only through violence and the moral desecration of others. This thesis will be shown through the fighting amongst the children, the violence of the household, and the family s treatment of Maggie s death. The kids in the world of Maggie fight each other for the positions of control and power among other children. The novel opens with a scene of violence. Two different groups of boys are engaged in a bloody scuffle. Crane writes, A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at ...
- 239: Back In My Day
- ... just didn t do stuff like that. In addition to hearing about how bread used to cost a nickel, that quote is what you hear it from the elders of most generations when talking about violence, especially on television in the present time; they say that the violence seen just did not seem to exist back then. However, when one thinks about it, violence that extreme has existed throughout the ages, whether it was as early as the Iliad and the Odyssey during the Greek era, the Aeneid in the Roman era, or even in Christian stories in ...
- 240: Violence 2 -
- We all experience things in our lifetimes that influence the way we act, feel, or think. For an author, life experiences have a great impact on their work. The writer's feelings and opinions are apparent in their ...
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